Clothes rack



R. J. SWABLY April 23, 1940.

CLOTHES RACK Filed March 16, 1939 Ii. J. Spa ably Patented 'Apr. 23,1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to an improved clothes drying rack adapted to bedetachably supported on the backs of chairs and the like and adapted tosupport handkerchiefs, hose and other articles of wearing apparel to bedried over radiators or other heating apparatus.

More particularly, it is an aim of this invention to provide adetachable clothes drying rack of simple construction capable of beingeconomically manufactured and sold and constructed to hold a pluralityof clothes in various adjusted positions relatively to each other and toan article of furniture by which the device is supported.

Still another aim of the invention is to provide a clothes rackincluding a frame formed of a single strand of wire having its ends bentto provide hook shaped hangers adapted to engage the back of a chair andprovided with a plurality of bars having their ends slidably mounted oncorresponding portions of said frame to provide a plurality ofadjustable supporting bars. I

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter becomemore fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, whichillustrates a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein- Figure 1 is aperspective view of the rack,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken along the line 22 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 33 of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing,

wherein like reference characters designate like or corresponding partsthroughout the different views, I designates generally the rack,comprising the invention which includes a frame, designated generally IIwhich is preferably formed from a single strand of relatively heavygauge wire. The frame H includes the intermediate portion I2, and thelegs I3 which project in the same direction from the ends thereof andwhich are disposed substantially at right angles thereto and in parallelrelationship to each other. Legs l3 which are substantially the samelength terminate at their opposite ends in the inwardly projectingportions I 4 which are preferably disposed at obtuse angles to the legsI3. The terminals of the strand I I project upwardly from the adjacentends of the portions I l and are bent outwardly and back upon themselvesintermediate of their ends to form the hook shaped hangers I5 which aredisposed in spaced apart relationship relatively to each other. As bestseen in Figure 2, the hangers I5 project obliquely from the portions I4and are disposed at an acute angle to the plane of the bar I2, legs I3and portions I4, for a purpose which will hereinafter be described. Thehangers I 5 are preferably encased in the tubular members I6 which arepreferably formed of rubber.

A plurality of bars I! are provided with eyelets I8 at their ends whichare adapted to slidably engage the legs I3 for slidably mounting thebars I! therebetween.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the hangers I5 are adapted to bedetachably mounted on the upper edge of the back of a chair or otherpiece of furniture, not shown, to mount the frame so that it projectsoutwardly from the back thereof since chair backs are ordinarilydisposed obliquely to the horizontal the hangers I5 are disposedobliquely to the remaining portion of the frame II, as heretoforedescribed, so that said portion will be disposed substantiallyhorizontal. Hangers I5 are preferably enclosed inthe casings IE toprotect the finish of the chair and the portions I4 by being disposedobliquely to the legs I3 space the inner ends of the legs from the backof the chair to prevent the chair from being marred thereby so that theonly portions of the rack II) which actually contact the chair are thecasings I 6. Legs I3'form rails for slidably mounting the rods- I1 whichare adapted to be adjustably positioned relative to each other and tothe portion I2, for supporting various types of clothing and otherarticles to be dried. The intermediate portion I2 forms a rigid baradapted to be used in addition to the adjustable bars I! as a hanger.

Various modifications and changes. in the precise construction andarrangement of the parts forming the invention are contemplated and mayobviously be resorted to, and the right is therefore expressly reservedto make such variations and changes as do not depart from the spirit andscope of the invention as hereinafter defined by the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

A clothes drying rack comprising a frame formed of a single strand ofwire bent intermediate of its ends to form spaced parallel side railsconnected at their outer ends by a bar portion disposed substantially atright angles thereto, portions projecting inwardly of each other fromthe opposite ends of said rails and disposed at obtuse angles thereto.said portions terminating in upwardly extending hook shaped hangers,forming the terminals of said strand, and disposed in spaced apartrelationship to each other, said hangers being positioned at acuteangles to the plane of said frame, and a plurality of bars havingeyelets at their ends for slidably engaging said rails for adjustablypositioning said bars relatively to each other and to said firstmentioned bar.

ROY .T. SWABLY.

